Trump's post-presidency team suffers from 'backstabbing' and 'cash grabs', likened to daycare without adults
Former President Donald Trump's post-presidency team has been compared to a "daycare if you took the adults away" due to its alleged lack of organizational skills, amidst incessant demands for financial support and alleged backstabbing over individual ventures outside Trumpworld.
Speaking to Politico, those familiar with the former president's post-White House political operations claimed several close allies have urged Trump personally to get rid of the current crew, along with his 2020 campaign's law firm sending out prosecution warnings should campaign resources get misused. This comes after an unnamed Republican candidate allegedly made an unsolicited phone call to a top Trump donor - something that left allies concerned, and Republican donors extremely agitated.
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"Right now, it's like a daycare if you took all the adults away," a source told Politico. "There's virtually nobody with organizational skills left." That some of Trump's old aides have moved on from the 45th POTUS is no secret.
Top White House aides like Corey Lewandowski, Dave Bossie, Stephen Miller and Mark Meadows have allegedly started their own ventures while umbilically attached to Trump, reports Politico. And while they have been in touch with Trump, they are 'wary' of each other, notes the outlet.
"Trump is surrounded by people who are telling him 'you need us,' but they really need him," someone close to Trump revealed. Aides have also been left with shocks like other aides taking credit for work they never did. Expressing their surprise over learning that a fellow Trump aide had claimed credit for a recent Mar-A-Lago fundraising event, one person told the outlet "I don't begrudge anyone for wanting to make money ... but don't be so brazen about it."
Some other aides of the ex-president however think he should stay out of politics altogether, until next year's midterm elections at least. The chaotic post-presidency life resembling his years in the White House is no surprise to those aides either. "Trump has always encouraged that kind of behavior," a former aide told Politico. "But it is difficult to do the job like that."
Trump spokesman Jason Miller however insists that everything in Trumpworld is harmonious. "Having been around Trump World for five years now, I would argue that here's the least amount of ally competition or conflict at this point than I've ever seen," Miller said. "The people who the president has kept in his orbit are all true believers who understand that he makes his own decisions, and we have very specific roles supporting him."
News of this alleged lack of order comes after it was alleged that Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was quitting as a Trump aide and moving on to greener pastures. Speculations surrounding Kushner leaving politics altogether were followed by reports of him penning a memoir specifically based on his experience in the White House.
The reports came after it was rumoured that Trump was furious with Kushner, as sources had tipped him that Kushner was quitting politics. The upcoming book is expected to address this alleged feud brewing between the former president and his son-in-law.